Allan RAMSAY and studio
commenced
1713/1784
(organisation)
Queen Charlotte in coronation robes
(c.1766) Painting, oil on canvas
Primary Insc: No inscriptions
canvas 248.5 h x 162.5 w cm
Purchased by the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board
Accession No: NGA 64.52.A-B
Provenance:
- gift of King George III (ordered 28 May 1766) to Field Marshal Sir George Howard (1718-1796), as Governor of Minorca, 1766-68;
- by descent through the children of his daughter Lady Howard-Vyse (d.1784), Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire;
- by descent to Major General Sir Richard Howard-Vyse (d.1963), Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire;
- by inheritance to his widow Lady Howard-Vyse;
- from whom bought through Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, London, by the Commonwealth of Australia, 1965
